Butterflies

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Butterflies

A Film by Tolga Karaçelik

2018 - Turkey - Drama/Comedy - 2.35 - 117 min.

with Tolga Tekin , Bartu Küçükçağlayan & Tuğçe Altuğ

Language: Turkish
Produced by Tolga Karaçelik , Diloy Gülün & Metin Anter

Cemal, Kenan, and Suzi are siblings who have grown apart since leaving Hasanlar, the tiny village where they grew up, and going their separate ways. When an unexpected call from their estranged father demands they return to the village immediately, Cemal, the eldest, is tasked with reuniting the family and convincing his brother and sister to take a road trip back to the places and memories they have been working so hard to forget. As they try to piece their dysfunctional family back together and confront their shared past, they’ll have to contend with each other’s peculiarities and get to know one another all over again, even as the strangest elements of all await them in the village.

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Rotterdam IFF
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